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Wakefield Council Virtual Wallet, Payment Card and Personal Assistant Recruitment Tool

Wakefield Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

PlanningUpdate

22 Jul 2026 at 12:09

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

07 Jul 2026 at 15:58

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Wakefield Council is exploring services to manage, monitor and audit Direct Payments within Adult Social Care. The requirement may be met by a Virtual Wallet tool, a payment card solution, a Personal Assistant recruitment tool, or a combined platform. The service category covers banking and financial transaction processing services. Delivery is required across the United Kingdom. The Council of the City of Wakefield is the buying organisation. The planned scope is a single service package, covering the council’s intended combination of digital payment, financial oversight and personal assistant recruitment functions. Suppliers offering an established, off-the-shelf product or an integrated solution are relevant, particularly where their systems can support adult social care direct payment administration and associated recruitment activity.

This procurement is at the planning stage and the council is carrying out preliminary market engagement, rather than inviting tenders. Suppliers were asked to provide a written questionnaire through the YORtender portal, with the amended submission expectation of 12:00 on 23 July 2026. The council may invite suppliers to give a virtual or in-person demonstration lasting up to 50 minutes. The anticipated contract period is from 30 April 2027 to 30 April 2030. The process is below the relevant threshold. The council is seeking to understand the availability and suitability of existing solutions before deciding its future procurement approach. The planned requirement is divided into one service package, with no tender evaluation or contract value stated at this stage.

This engagement should suit software providers, fintech businesses, payment service operators and specialist adult social care technology suppliers, including SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The council is seeking evidence of relevant experience and solution functionality, so suppliers should be able to demonstrate comparable direct payment, virtual wallet, payment card or personal assistant recruitment capability. Areas expected to matter include system security, relevant accreditations, accessibility, implementation timescales, pricing, fraud prevention, reporting, operational resilience and customer support. Suppliers should prepare concise evidence against these topics and be ready to explain their product in a short demonstration. Businesses with an integrated platform, or with a strong specialist product that could form part of a combined solution, are likely to be well placed when the requirement reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Wakefield Council Virtual Wallet, Payment Card and Personal Assistant Recruitment Tool

Notice Description

Wakefield Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand the availability of off-the-shelf solutions to support the management, monitoring and auditing of Direct Payments within Adult Social Care. The Council is interested in Virtual Wallet tools, Payment Card solutions, Personal Assistant Recruitment Tools, or a combined solution.

Planning Information

Suppliers will be asked to submit a written questionnaire response through YORtender, covering their relevant experience, solution functionality, security, accreditations, accessibility, implementation timescales, pricing, fraud prevention, reporting, resilience and support arrangements. Your complete questionnaire must be submitted using the YORtender portal https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER. It is your responsibility to register on the portal and ensure that the appropriate person is selected as the main point of contact and that their email address is up to date. All correspondence relating to this consultation from the Council will be sent electronically via the messaging section of the portal, to this person. If you have any questions regarding this market engagement, please send them on YORtender using the messaging facility. Completed questionnaires and any accompanying information must be uploaded to YORtender https://yortender.eu-supply.com reference: 100112281 by 12:00 on 22.07.2026. The Council may also invite suppliers to provide a virtual or in-person demonstration of their solution, expected to last no more than 50 minutes. Participation is for market engagement only and does not guarantee any future procurement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c58d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069109-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

CPV Codes

66110000 - Banking services

66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Apr 2027 - 30 Apr 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Wakefield Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WAKEFIELD
Postcode
WF1 2HQ
Postcode Area
Wakefield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE45 Wakefield
Delivery Location
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority
Wakefield
Electoral Ward
Wakefield North
Westminster Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell

Further Information

Notice Documents

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